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| katherineepea |
Posted - 15 Feb 2010 : 9:14:09 PM
I am just coming to the end of a secretarial course with PR and Marketing and I am going to have a marketing qualification at the end of it.
I really want a job in a horsey environment but have no ideas. not too fussed if it isnt in marketing. I applied for internal salesperson for a menage surface company but thats all i got when i typed horse into reed!
any ideas?
I want to be busy and officey and horsey- does it exist? |
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| katherineepea |
Posted - 16 Feb 2010 : 6:38:58 PM
thanks for all your advice! most places are out of london unfortunately.
i wouldnt mind doing some sort of admin thing for horse and hound or similar
and this is not the time to be looking for a job in this market!
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| MinHe |
Posted - 15 Feb 2010 : 11:18:52 PM
My rather jaundiced advice is - don't hold your breath! I am a marketing & PR professional, and I can count the number of vacancies in this area I have seen in the last three years on the fingers of one hand (and I've been looking). If something does come up, it will almost certainly involve serious relocation 
Keren |
| Roseanne |
Posted - 15 Feb 2010 : 10:29:04 PM
Contact Weatherbeeta and Spillers and send your CV; ask them what openings they may have!
Keep your eyes out in Horse and Hound and on the internet recruitment sites and register for jobs in your area, especially in equine business.
You may just have to start out in marketing/publicity in another area to get some experience, but keep your contacts going with the equestrian companies.
Try to get hold of the organiser of the shopping village at HOYS (Grandstand media) and contact them to find out any openings they may have; and after that, email all the contacts for those who have had units/stalls last year. Offer to help on a voluntary basis while you're looking for a position. That will take you many miles...
Ditto British Eventing, the BHS, Your Horse Live and others who are organising big horsey events; they all have shopping villages stuffed with horsey businesses.
Work experience with companies who do PR will be good too - not profitable, but good for your CV to show you can implement the practices of public relations, marketing and publicity.
It may also get you valuable contacts to offer yourself to some of the equestrian magazines for post-grad work experience placements. The contacts, a reputation for reliability, eagerness to learn and putting in the hours will help you find a job and from there you can leap upwards.
Good luck! |
| jaj |
Posted - 15 Feb 2010 : 9:51:57 PM
One of the big feed companies?
Any big racing studs or equine practices near to you?
Look at the back of H & H they have sits vacant that might give you an idea of what's around.
Does The Lady still exist? They used to have sort of horse/country life related jobs on offer.
Good luck  !
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| munchie |
Posted - 15 Feb 2010 : 9:26:32 PM
Keep an eye out on the BHS website if you can work in the Coventry area or send them a speculative CV? |
